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What Generation Do You Actually Belong In?

Ian Fortey

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About This Quiz

If you scroll through Google for a while, you'll probably find about a thousand and one articles that explain how Millennials all love avocado toast and Gen Xers are "Breakfast Club" throwbacks who're just realizing they're adults. Of course, the world is a lot more complex than blogs make it seem sometimes, and no one is fully defined by their generation. Instead, we tend to be influenced by them and the culture they produce. Each generation is born into a time of specific technologies and politics. Certain tastes and ideals. Awesome snacks and cool music that, by the time the next generation rolls around, are all terrible. And many people will fall in step really easily with that time and place, while others among us tend to march to the beat of a different drum.

If you've ever felt like you just didn't get your own generation, maybe there's a reason for that. Maybe you don't belong in this time at all. It happens! Some of us are just more in step with a different time and a different way of looking at the world. If you want to know what generation you actually belong in, why not take the quiz and find out?

They say communication is key, right? How do you most like to talk to people?

Text

I don't.

Phone

In person

We don't need specifics here or anything, but how are your savings?

How's my what now?

Yeah, no.

I have some. Some.

Decent

Who is the best guitar player ever?

Keith Urban

No clue

Slash

Hendrix

If you're in the market for a new pet, what do you think you'll get?

A puppy! I don't care what kind.

Bassett hound

Sphinx cat

A tomcat

No one likes to be worried about the world, but it's kind of hard not to be sometimes. What worries you?

The environment

Everything

Money

War

You can tell a lot about a person by the ice cream they eat. What's the best flavor?

Matcha

Vanilla

Chocolate

Rocky road

Let's say you're waiting in a long line for something at the mall. Are you going to talk to the people around you even if they're strangers?

Talk? Like out loud?

I guess if it's really long.

I'm going to pass on this one.

Of course!

Where's your first choice for a fun place to go on a first date with someone?

Just hanging out together somewhere

Just a nice walk

Dinner and a movie

Someplace you can park and look out over the city

How many people do you consider friends that you know only from online?

Dozens of people

Not sure if I'd consider the people I know online friends or not

A few, I guess

None

Sitcoms are almost as old as TV. Pick the one you think is the funniest.

"The Big Bang Theory"

I'm not much of a sitcom fan.

"Friends"

"Three's Company"

All these questions must be making you thirsty. Grab a La Croix!

Pamplemousse

What's a La Croix?

Lime

Cerise Limon

Batman may be the greatest hero ever. But who's the greatest Batman ever?

Ben Affleck

Adam West

Christian Bale

Michael Keaton

When pizza was invented, the world became a better place. What do you like most on yours?

Just cheese

Pineapple

Bacon

Pepperoni

If it was only up to you, where would you be heading for a vacation this summer?

Disney World

England

Jamaica

Las Vegas

You just woke up. What's the first thing you do after opening your eyes?

Check my phone

Go back to sleep

Hit snooze on the alarm

Go to the bathroom

So pick a game for Game Night.

Cards Against Humanity

Poker

Clue

Monopoly

When you go to the movies, what snacks are you usually getting?

Dippin Dots!

Who can afford movie snacks?

Nachos

Popcorn

Star Trek or Star Wars?

Seriously? Star Wars all the way!

Dr. Who

Can't I like both?

Trek all day

What's Netflix recommending for you right now?

Some Marvel movies

I don't even have Netflix.

Some comedies

Some TV dramas

If you need some socks, where are you going to get some socks?

I don't think I've ever needed socks.

Sock store

Amazon

Walmart

What does your shampoo smell like?

Fruit and goodness

Responsibility

Herbal stuff

Soap

What's the best machine to use at the gym?

Exercise bike

The vending machine

Treadmill

Rowing machine

Tattoos are cool, right? What's the best style of tattoo?

Watercolor

I disagree with your premise. I do not think tattoos are cool.

Tribal

American traditional

What can you cook better than anything else?

Scrambled eggs

Sandwiches

Ramen noodles

Roast beef dinner

How many passwords would you say you have memorized right now?

Two dozen

None

One, and I use it on every website!

I write them down so I don't need to memorize them.

Who's the smartest person in your family?

Grandma's got some wisdom.

We're all smart in our own ways.

Probably me

One of my parents, I figure.

Is karaoke ever an acceptable way to spend an evening?

I've never tried it.

Hey, whatever works for you.

Heck yeah, it is!

It most certainly is not.

Would you ever march in a Pride Parade?

Of course!

Do I need to register for that? Seems like a lot of work.

I'd go to one, but I don't know if I'd march.

Nah

Would you ever run for President?

Maybe someday

Don't get me started on politics.

Nope

Definitely

We just souped up a DeLorean and made it into a time machine. What year do you want to visit?

65 million B.C.

1492

2099

1955

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